The winner of the first Pro race
was Expert-class mountain bike racer
Evander Hughes. We asked him
what he thought of the race, and he
said, “It’s just as hard as racing my
cross-country bike!” That’s a similar
sentiment we heard from quite a few
people.

ROUND TWO: VAIL LAKE

The track was very different at this
event. It was much longer with hardly
any jumps and a serious climb one-third
of the way into it. The fact that this race
was at a much lower elevation, around

1400 feet, made the effort much easieron all the riders. The format changedslightly. Still, it was grueling to say theleast, but everyone was having fun,which, if you know Troy, is the mostimportant take-away from anything hegets involved in.

In addition to Troy’s enthusiasm,
there was more interest from racers
than ever according to Claudia Wasko
from Bosch, who told us if there had
been more bikes available, there would
have been quite a few more racers.

Troy started out ready to race, but hebacked out after he started dismantlinghis bike to loan parts to others whoneeded them.We talked to Victor after the race.

He explained that other countries runelectric bike races differently, but heloves the way Troy is putting these on,putting his own spice on it, and thatit suits American electric bike racersbetter. Victor helped design this coursewith Troy. He also thinks it would be funto have a separate, modified class infuture races. That’s not likely, though,with Bosch as a sponsor and Troy beingadamant about Class 1 bikes only.

GOING BIGGERTroy has plans to expand the 2018

Boogaloo series to four to five races,
repeating Mammoth and Vail Lake, also
adding Crested Butte and possibly one
in Italy! We’re excited about this, as it’s
the first race series of any significance
in the U.S. for electric bikes. It’s going
to grow into something much bigger
and is history in the making! ■